If you want to seePete Davidsonperform, you may have to be willing to sign a $1 million nondisclosure agreement.
Over the weekend, the comedian, 26, reportedly required audience members to sign an NDA before his Nov. 27 show at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco.
Stacy Young, who had purchased a ticket for the performance,shared a copy of the NDAon a Facebook post for the event, saying that she was first notified about the agreement on the day of the show.
In addition to signing the document, attendees were also asked to provide their contact information as well as the names of their social media accounts, and had to hand over any phones or recording devices during the actual performance.
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“I understood and was willing to consent to the initial request of locking up any phones or cameras brought to the event, but I think this a bit ridiculous and over the top,” Young wrote on Facebook. “I get that comedians are protective of their jokes and don’t want their routines rebroadcast, but it’s rather Orwellian to not allow anyone to share an opinion on it. Don’t perform for the public if you don’t want people to have an opinion about it!”
An employee at the venue told theSan Francisco Chroniclethat the venue had only learned about the NDA the day before the show.
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Consequence of Sound, which first reported on the news, noted that according to various Twitter posts, Davidson has been requiring audience members to sign NDAs sinceNov. 7,when theSaturday Night Livestar performed at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.
Sources confirmed toVarietythat Davidson also used the NDA before his show on Saturday at the Vic Theater in Chicago.
A rep for Davidson, the Sydney Goldstein Theater, the Varsity Theater and the Vic Theater did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
Davidson’snext showis scheduled for Dec. 9 in Hollywood, Florida.
source: people.com
